EndNote

You should always save your EndNote Library to your local directory and NOT to cloud storage e.g. your OneDrive.  See:

There have been instances of EndNote Library corruption/loss of data when EndNote libraries are saved to OneDrive/cloud storage.

If you need to use your EndNote Library on more than one device or share your references/library with colleagues/friends, then you can do this by syncing with EndNote 21 (online): See:

We recommend EndNote 21 (desktop) is your 'main' library and the online version is used for syncing, for sharing references/libraries, to use on a tablet or as a backup library.

The main ways to get references into your EndNote library are:

• Exporting the bibliographic details from a databases (e.g. Discovery, Scopus, Web of Science etc).  Look out for the EndNote or RIS export option
• Importing PDF files (which will work if the text is OCR)
• Typing or copy/pasting the bibliographic details in (if the above two methods are not  applicable e.g. a website)

For instructions on how to get references in to your library, see:

Regardless of how you get your references into your EndNote Library, it is important that you check your references in your library.  Look out for:

• spelling mistakes, bibliographic details in the wrong field, transposed names, unwanted abbreviations, missing details etc

Any mistakes in EndNote will mean a mistake in your Word document.  If you do notice a mistake, make the correction in your EndNote Library NOT in your Word document.

You can also organise your references into 'groups'.  See:

*New* for EndNote 21, you can also use the 'tagging' feature:

• Tags are customisable labels that let you organize your references however you'd like.
• You can add tags to references and customise the colour and name of the tags. 
• You can add multiple tags to a reference and anyone who you share your library with can view a tag, making tags a great way to quickly and intuitively organise your references.